What is the effect of salt content in moisture on resistivity?

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The resistivity decreases and the salt content is expressed in percent by weight of the contained moisture. It will be noted that the curve flattens off at about 5% salt content and a further increase in salt content gives little decrease in the soil resistivity. 

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